Analyzing Difference among Fast Food Restaurants by Measuring University Student′s Attitude to Foodservice Attributes

음식서비스속성에 대한 대학생들의 태도 평가에 의한 패스트푸드점들 간의 차이 분석

  • 민계홍 (전주대학교 문화관광학부)
  • Published : 2003.06.01

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to identify university students' attitude to the foodservice attributes in their contribution to the selection or a fast food restaurant. Among 300 subjects, 214 were used in the analysis. The frequencies, Descriptives, ANOVA and t-test were used for the statistical analyses in this study. The findings from this study were as follows: firstly, there were no significant differences in the importance (or salience) of the foodservice attributes between the three different types of fast food restaurant. Secondly, there were no significant differences in the foodservice attributes between the means of the importance and salience for each of the selected fast food restaurants. Thirdly, there were no significant differences in the foodservice attributes in determining between the three types of fast food restaurant. Fourthly, there were no significant differences for the foodservice attributes between the mean importance (or salience) and universal mean for each of the selected fast food restaurants. Finally, the results of this study could provide some insight into the type of marketing strategies that may be successfully used by marketers who manage fast food restaurants.

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